June 2014 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Project Night Night: Bedtime Treasures for Kids with Little of Their Own

A "Night Night Package," delivered in a shelter, helps to make children who have little of their own feel more at home, welcome and safe. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 26 2014 9:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, toys, domestic violence, Philanthropy, Highlights, Nonprofit Organizations

The World’s Best Father Gets a Close Shave

Daughter Alice Bee has some special pampering planned for the World's Best Father. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 15 2014 4:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Father's Day, Highlights, Comedy and Humor

Raw Food Families Provoke Powerful Reactions. Why?

Families who feed their children a raw diet consisting solely of fresh fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and sprouted grains feel judged for their choices. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 09 2014 11:25 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, Cooking and Cookbooks, Diet and Nutrition, Highlights

Whose Dress Code Is It, and Why?

The best school dress codes aren't about students and sexuality, but about placing school on the list of places where there are standards, and where the freedom to do whatever we want, whenever we want shouldn't and doesn't apply. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2014 11:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Children and Childhood, Education (K-12), Women and Girls, Fashion and Apparel, Highlights

The Computer Code for Parental Feelings of Inadequacy

That steady stream of articles deeming coding "the new lingua franca" and coding education the holy grail for kids flowing by on social media and dropping into your in-box makes coding the hot new parent guilt trip. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 10:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Children and Childhood, Computer and Video Games, Computers and the Internet, Highlights

Kids and Parents: Happy to Move Up, Sad to Say Goodbye

I think of summer as a happy time of year—which is why I'm annually blindsided by the small sorrows of graduations and change. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 12 2014 12:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Education (K-12), Summer (Season), Highlights

Camp: Love It or Hate It? Readers Comment

If the world of campers divides into those people who hated camp and those who loved it, on which side of that divide do you fall? Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 07 2014 6:42 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Highlights

Climbing Out of the Darkness of Maternal Mental Illness

A community and an event for women experiencing maternal mental illness, those who have passed through it, and their family and friends. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2014 5:39 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mental Health and Disorders, Women and Girls, Highlights

‘You’ve Done Everything You Can’

In the past, I’d never understood people who said they were done, who gave up on their dream of having their own genetic children. But as I thought of the future, I could not imagine going on. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 17 2014 9:26 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, in vitro fertilization, Babies and Infants, Highlights, Fertility Diary

Give Kids Your Undivided Attention — or No Attention At All

Either shut your phone and laptop down and be present, or grab the gadgets and get to work. It's the half-measures of attention that don't work for parents or kids. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2014 8:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Computers and the Internet, Highlights

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